Mohammad Amin Ahmadi Informed Comment Donald Trump has pointed to rising oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz as evidence that the energy crisis is easing. The figures offer some…
The US Commerce Secretary is bullying California with an audit that could strip the state of control over its own coast. By Sasha Abramsky This article was originally published by…
Juan Cole Informed Comment On Saturday, a projectile struck a Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, such that five Indian seamen had to be rescued. On Friday another vessel…
Nate Bear Do Not Panic I heard a statistic the other day that the output of Germany’s energy-intensive industries – things like cement, glass, steel – have collapsed 20% in…
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout A top economist estimated that Trump’s Iran war has already cost the average American household an extra $1,650. Houthi forces…
Brad Reed Common Dreams US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday denied that the Trump administration was stealing Venezuela’s oil just one hour after boasting that the country is being…
Mision Verdad, Orinoco Tribune. An analysis of investment, concession regimes, revenue and political variables. The governments of Venezuela and the United States have announced a “historic agreement” in the oil…
Juan Cole Informed Comment The military front in the US war on Iran had been quiet in August, but on Sunday the US launched missile attacks on Larak island in…
“Oil reserves in Venezuela will do nothing to lower families’ bills today,” said one campaigner. Joaje Johnson Common Dreams President Donald Trump was accused over the weekend of exploiting an…
By Derek Seidman This article was originally published by Truthout Amid the destabilization and devastation caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, oil executives are raking in billions. While the…
Fariba Amini Informed Comment In the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor, the late Robert Redford played Joe Turner, a disenchanted CIA field officer who was being chased by…
“Big Oil’s greed is incompatible with a livable planet and unless governments rein it in, they will make a mockery of international climate targets,” said one Oxfam campaigner. Brett Wilkins…
Arnie Saiki, Decolonize Accounting. There has been an abundance of information around China’s oil strategy of recent, some of it sensible, most of it unremarkably a part of the western…
Juan Cole Informed Comment The Iran War will erode the purchasing power of American consumers this summer, according to CNBC, especially because of high diesel prices. That projection helps explain…
Joshua Scheer As Washington celebrates America’s 250th anniversary, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson argues that the real story is unfolding thousands of miles away in the Persian Gulf. In this…
